today in class 9-28-10

Today in class we had a fun experiment where we separated carbohydrates of sugar. We put sugar into a beaker then we poured sulfuric acid on top of the sugar and stirred it all together. At the beginning it started to change color and then it began to bubble and steam then boil over the beaker. I learned what it would be like to break down atoms to get them to be by them self. It got bigger because they were no longer compacted into one thing they were all separated. What I'm not so sure about is how the sulfuric acid can do that to the sugar.